Famine

UN warns of famine risk in world hotspots

The agencies swung the spotlight on Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, all facing rising levels of acute hunger with potential risk of famine.

Funding shortage cuts aid to four million in Yemen – UN

UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council that aid agencies are only reaching 9 million people a month, down from more than 13 million at the beginning of the year.

Yemen rebels, govt agree to swap over 1,000 prisoners

Houthi rebels will free 400 people, including 15 Saudis and four Sudanese, while the Saudi-led coalition will free 681 Houthi fighters, sources say.

Famine could kill thousands of children during Covid-19's first year

In a call to action, four UN agencies warn that growing malnutrition will have long-term consequences, transforming individual tragedies into a generational catastrophe.

Almost 2.4 million children on 'brink of starvation' in Yemen – UN

Millions of children at risk in war-torn Arab country due to big shortfall in humanitarian funding amid coronavirus, UN children's agency says.

UN appeals for $6.7 billion to fight virus in poor countries

The $6.7 billion will fund the UN’s humanitarian response plan to help the world’s most vulnerable people deal with the pandemic now and in the coming months as food supplies falling and prices soaring, and children missing vaccinations and meals.

Pompeo says no sign of North Korea's Kim, real risk of famine in country

North Korean media has not reported on Kim Jong-un's whereabouts since he presided over a meeting on April 11, provoking intense speculation about his health.

The pandemic’s implications for food security

The international community must act in tandem to prevent a major food shortage that will disproportionately hurt developing countries.

Somalia declares locusts a 'national emergency'

Food sources for people and their livestock "at risk," agriculture ministry warns, as locust infestation sweeps Horn of Africa.

Famine fears in cyclone-hit Mozambique

More than one million people are in need of emergency assistance in the aftermath of devastation wreaked by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.

More than 113 million people suffer 'acute hunger' globally, UN says

Yemen, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan and Syria among the eight nations accounting for two-thirds of the total number of people worldwide exposed to the risk of famine, report says.

North Korea food production 'lowest for a decade' - UN

North Korea's recorded harvest was just 4.95 million tonnes last year, the United Nations said in its assessment.